All The Secrets of the Universe

“Books are the quietest and most constant of friends; they are the most accessible and wisest of counselors, and the most patient of teachers.” ― Charles William Eliot

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I have another blog I actually post on, if you're interested.

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Langston Hughes, "Harlem"

What happens to a dream deferred? Does it dry up like a raisin in the sun? Or fester like a sore— And then run? Does it stink like rotten meat? Or crust and sugar over— like a syrupy sweet? Maybe it just sags like a heavy load. Or does it explode? 

(submitted by potatonutx)

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open book (by jiakhechari)

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[nhmcelroy]

EE Cummings

[the-final-sentence]

Degas said he didn’t paint what he saw, but what would enable them to see the thing he had.

Jack Gilbert, from “Poetry Is a Kind of Lying” (via the-final-sentence)

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A mother is the truest friend we have, when trials heavy and sudden fall upon us; when adversity takes the place of prosperity; when friends desert us; when trouble thickens around us, still will she cling to us, and endeavor by her kind precepts and counsels to dissipate the clouds of darkness, and cause peace to return to our hearts.

Washington Irving

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[teachingliteracy]

karinmaimori:

Happy Mother’s Day!

[fromliterature]

It’s a lot easier to be lost than found. It’s the reason we’re always searching and rarely discovered—so many locks not enough keys.

Lock and Key, Sarah Dessen (via fromliterature)

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Just in time by AnaRosaPhotography

[kristalindner]

Just finished reading Vision in White by Nora Roberts. It is book one in the bride quartet. It was AMAZING. I couldn’t peel myself away from. This is one of my favourite quotes from the book.

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There is no mistaking a real book when one meets it. It is like falling in love.

Christopher Morley, The Haunted Bookshop

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It is very risky. But each time a child opens a book, he pushes open the gate that separates him from Elsewhere.

Lois Lowry

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Stephenie Meyer

Reader Submission: Title and Redesign by Kristyn Winch (http://kristyndw.tumblr.com/)

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When it was dark, you always carried the sun in your hand for me.

Sean O'Casey, Juno and the Paycock